Fish ID?

[Dolphin2409]

Hi

Can anybody ID this fish?

Thanks

 

[tbrown]

@i cant think ? It looks like a wrasse?

 

[Dolphin2409]

@i cant think ? It looks like a wrasse?

Yep, LFS said it’s a wrasse but don’t know what type.

 

[tbrown]

Yep, LFS said it’s a wrasse but don’t know what type.

That's why I tagged @i cant think . He should know. @Slocke might as well?

Not a Bell's Flasher female...?

 

[Tripod1404]

Can you get a better picture, particularly the head/mouth? This looks like a very young coral grouper (cephalopholis miniata) to me...

 

[tbrown]

Can you get a better picture, particularly the head/mouth? This looks like a juvenile coral grouper (cephalopholis miniata) to me...

The tail is wrong I think.

 

[littlefoxx]

Can you get a better picture, particularly the head/mouth? This looks like a very young coral grouper (cephalopholis miniata) to me...

I was also thinking grouper

 

[i cant think]

Hi

Can anybody ID this fish?

Thanks

Either a Miniatus Grouper or a Polleni Grouper, its hard to tell for sure though. My main guess would be Miniatus just due to the patterning being more splotched.

 

[Dolphin2409]

 

[Dolphin2409]

 

[Dolphin2409]

 

[Dolphin2409]

Do these photos help?

 

[Tripod1404]

Yeah this is definitely not a wrasse. It is most likely a young grouper. These things get close to 3 feet as adults.

 

[Dolphin2409]

Yeah this is definitely not a wrasse. It is most likely a young grouper. These things get close to 3 feet as adults.

Thanks, much appreciated. I will give him a miss so!